Aristotle was the first genuine scientist and one of the supreme philosophers who lived in history. Being one of the greatest philosophers, Aristotle’s work shaped centuries of philosophy. He made revolutionary contributions to all grounds of science and philosophy. He invented the field of formal...
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Pigliucci, M. (2012). Answers for Aristotle: How science and philosophy can lead us to a more meaningful life. New York, NY: Basic Books.Pigliucci, M. (2012). Answers for Aristotle: How science and philosophy can lead us to a more meaningful life. New York: Basic Books....
Massimo Pigliucci: Answers for Aristotle. How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to a More Meaningful Lifedoi:10.1007/s11191-013-9584-7Alfredo MarcosDepartment of PhilosophyUniversity of ValladolidScience & Education
Aristotle was very fond of his teacher and wrote about his work lovingly after Plato's death in 347 BC. Some say that the history of Western philosophy is a series of footnotes to Plato; what this means is that Plato raised many of the questions that philosophers still think about. What ...
Thus, the true object of architecture is not bricks, mortar or timber, but the house; and so the principal object of natural philosophy is not the material elements, but their composition, and the totality of the form to which they are subservient, and independently of which they have no ...
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, and studied many different fields such as physics, biology, zoology, rhetoric, and politics. He was the founder of the school of philosophy, Lyceum. He influenced many different nations such as Romans, and Judeo-Islamics. Aristotle was also known as the The...
For a start, we are accustomed to thinking about ethics or moral philosophy as being concerned with theoretical questions about actions\u2014what makes an action right or wrong? Modern moral philosophy gives two different sorts of answers to this question. One is in terms of a substantial ...
I think there is a practical point, but it isn't that you can expect moral philosophy to give you answers to questions you might have about what to do here and now or what to vote for here And now those are questions sometimes for moral casuistry and sometimes for political thinking. An...
This essay examines his answers to four questions: If belief differs from knowledge in that it can be false, how is false belief possible? If belief can be false, how is knowledge possible? How is it possible to believe and know the same objects? And how can belief be of use to ...